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The Reward of Cruelty

Maker

(artist)
1697-1764

(engraver)
1697-1764

Title

The Reward of Cruelty

Date of Production

1751

Medium

Engraving and etching

Dimensions

Height: 38.4 cm
Width: 31 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2003

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

William Hogarth - Printmaker, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2001-13/05/2001

Hogarth and Piranesi: Engravings and etchings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/03/1992-07/06/1992

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : THE REWARD OF CRUELTY //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Price 1.s Design'd by W.Hogarth // Behold the Villain's dire disgrace! // Not Death itself can end. // He finds no peaceful Burial-Place, // His breathless Corse, no friend. // Torn from the Root, that wicked Tongue, // Which daily swore and curst! // Those Eyeballs from their Sockets wrung, // That glow'd with lawless Lust! // His Heart expos'd to prying Eyes, // To Pity has no claim; // But, dreadful! from his Bones shall rise, // His Monument of Shame. // Published according to act of Parliament Feb.1.1751. //

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